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Hitachi Energy RTU500

HIGH
CVSS 7.8
Date 2026-06-04T06:00:00+00:00
Source cisa-csaf
Published by CISA

// Description

Hitachi Energy is aware of vulnerabilities that affect RTU500 product versions listed in this document. If exploited, these vulnerabilities primarily impact product availability, with potential secondary impacts on confidentiality and integrity. Please refer to the Recommended Immediate Actions for information about the mitigation/remediation.

// Vulnerabilities (7)

CVE ID CVSS Score Severity Description
CVE-2025-69421 6.5 medium
CVE-2025-69421. CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference. Issue summary: Processing a malformed PKCS#12 file can trigger a NULL pointer dereference in the PKCS12_item_decrypt_d2i_ex() function. Impact summary: A NULL pointer dereference can trigger a crash which leads to Denial of Service for an application processing PKCS#12 files. The PKCS12_item_decrypt_d2i_ex() function does not check whether the oct parameter is NULL before dereferencing it. When called from PKCS12_unpack_p7encdata() with a malformed PKCS#12 file, this parameter can be NULL, causing Denial of Service impact. The vulnerability is limited to Denial of Service and cannot be escalated to achieve code execution or memory disclosure. Product is affected, if a privileged user uploads a malformed PKCS#12 certificate via web interface or if PKI client functionality is configured.
CVE-2026-8479 6.5 medium
CVE-2026-8479. CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference. IEC 60870-5-104 used in bidirectional mode is vulnerable for a NULL pointer dereferencing, if a specially crafted sequence of messages is sent for a certain time, causing Denial of Service impact. Product is only affected if IEC 60870-5-104 functionality in bidirectional mode (BCI) is configured.
CVE-2026-24515 2.5 low
CVE-2026-24515. CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference. In libexpat before 2.7.4, XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate does not copy unknown encoding handler user data, causing Denial of Service impact. Product is only affected if IEC 61850 functionality is configured.
CVE-2026-32778 5.5 medium
CVE-2026-32778. CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference. libexpat before 2.7.5 allows a NULL pointer dereference in the function setContext on retry after an earlier out-of-memory condition, causing Denial of Service impact. Product is only affected if IEC 61850 functionality is configured.
CVE-2026-32776 5.5 medium
CVE-2026-32776. CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference. libexpat before 2.7.5 allows a NULL pointer dereference with empty external parameter entity content, causing Denial of Service impact. Product is only affected if IEC 61850 functionality is configured.
CVE-2026-32777 5.5 medium
CVE-2026-32777. CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop'). libexpat before 2.7.5 allows an infinite loop while parsing DTD content, causing Denial of Service impact. Product is only affected if IEC 61850 functionality is configured.
CVE-2026-25210 7.8 high
CVE-2026-25210. CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound. In libexpat before 2.7.4, the doContent function does not properly determine the buffer size bufSize because there is no integer overflow check for tag buffer reallocation, primarily causing Denial of Service and potentially confidentiality and integrity impact to the product. Product is only affected if IEC 61850 functionality is configured.

// Affected Products (2)

Vendor Product Asset Type Purdue Level Firmware
Hitachi Energy Unknown rtu
L1
12.2
Siemens Unknown plc
L1
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// Remediations (6)

Patch: Update to CMU Firmware version 13.7.8
Update to CMU Firmware version 13.7.8
Mitigation: Follow general mitigation factors/workarounds
Follow general mitigation factors/workarounds
Patch: Update to CMU Firmware version 13.8.2
Update to CMU Firmware version 13.8.2
Mitigation: Only build and run applications from trusted sources.
Only build and run applications from trusted sources.
Mitigation: Limit access to the interactive shell of the additional GNU/Linux subssytem to trusted personnel onl
Limit access to the interactive shell of the additional GNU/Linux subssytem to trusted personnel only.
Patch: Update to V4.0 or later version
Update to V4.0 or later version

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